Guard-rail for passenger-cars.



S. T. BOLE.

GUARD RAIL FOR PASSENGER CARS. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 18, 190B.

Patented 0013.27, 1908.

' position below the fioor to in the panel, so that UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL T. BOLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASS IGNOR TO THE J. G.

BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA.

GUARD-RAIL FOR PASSENGER-CARS.

No. 902,368. Specification of Application filed August 18, 1908. Serial N 0. 449,135.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. BoLE, a citizen. of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im rovements in Guard-Rails for Passengerars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in guard rails the platform end .of a passenger car, particularly of the type of car in which the passenger pays the fare on entering the car, the guard rail separating the ingress passageway from the egress passageway.

The object of my invention is to make the guard rail movable vertically and so conwhich are mounted on PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA'IION OF Letters Patent. Patented Oct,- 27, 1908.

closed by either a door or a movable railing, as desired.

D is a rail dividing the platform into two sections, ibeing the ingress section, and z" the egress section, communicating respectively with the passageways b, b, in the fpartition separating the body of the ar rom the platform.

E, E, E, are three vertical posts extending from the floor of the platform to the roof of the car, or terminating at a point sufiiciently near the roof to allow headroom for passengers. The rail D is adapted to these several posts, and is free to be moved vertically thereon.

In the present instance I have shown stops struct the guard that it can be lowered in position to separate'the platform into two sections, or be raised so as to provide an uninterrupted passageway.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1, is a sectional plan view of the platform end of a passenger car illustrating my invention, the guard rail being lowered so as to divide the platform into ingress and egress passageways; Fig; 2, is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2+2, Fig. 1, showing the rail in its lowered position; F ig.'3, is a View illustrating the upper portion of the car showing the rail in its raised position; Fig. 4:, is a detached view showing one of the posts supporting the rail; and Fig. 5, is a View of a modification, showing the rail lowered to a provide an uninterrupted passageway.

c on each post in the form of rivets which limit the downward movement of the rail, so that its lowest position will be about the height of the walstofthe passenger, and the rail can be moved vertically on these posts until it assumes the position shown in Fig.

in the present instance in the form of a pivoted pawl c on the post E, the pawl holding form to allow headroom for the passengers to pass to and fro underneath it. I have found one catch suliicient to retain the rail in its raised position, although a catch may be mounted on each post.

The rail D in the present instance, consists of a bent section 03 coupled at one end to a head d and at the opposite end to a In the accompanying drawing A is-the platform of a passenger car, B is the body of the car, and in the partition separating the body of the car from the platform is an ingress assageway b, and an egress passageway in the present instance separated by a post 6 a is the vestibulefl'aming closing the front of the car, and of the usual form. On one side of the car is a panel a, and a sliding door a which'is adapted to enter a slideway when the platform is at that side of the car is entirely closed, the othersidc being open, and when the platform is at the forward end. of the car the door can be operated to allow for the exit of passengers only. The opposite the rear of the car,

respectively, and secured to the coupling 03 is a section d which is also attached to a head 03* adapted to the post E but it will be understood that the details of the construction of the rail may be modified without departing from the essential features of the invention Insoine'instances, rail so as to be above the heads of the passengers when it is desired to move it out of service, it may be lowered into a recess in "the floor of the platform, as shown in Fig. 5, and covered with a movable cover plate or board, ifdesired, and in this case the catches c will be substituted for the stops 6. In this construction it may not be necessary to extend the osfs to the roof, but only to side of the front platform is open nndmay be the height of e rail, when elevated. Thus 3, and it is held in this position by a catch,

in place of raising the the rail at a point sufliciently above the platcoupling d adapted to the posts E and E passageway at the forward end, then the rail can be raised to the position shown in Fig. 3, if the construction shown in that figure is used, or it may be depressed, as shown in Fig. 5, so'as to give a clear space forthe egress of passengers at the forward end of the car, or to allow room for seats, if desired.

I claim 1. The combination in a passenger car, of a platform, a guard rail mounted above the platform and so dividing it as to form ingress and egress passageways, said guard rail being capable of being raised or lowered bodily into or out. ofposition.

2, The combination in a passen er car, of a series of vertical posts a guar rail vertically adjustable on said posts, and means passageways, the rail is placed in the posifor holding the guard rail in, position to divide the platform into separate passagewa s.

3 The combination of a platform of a passenger car, a series of vertical posts, a guard rail adapted to slide vertically on said posts, means for retaining the guardrail in position about the waist line of a passenger, and means for retaining it in its raised 35 position so as to provide an unobstructed passageway. V V

4. The combination of the platform of a passenger car, a series of posts, aguard rail when in one position dividing theplatform 40 into ingress and egress passageways, stops to limit the downward movement of the rall,

and a catch adapted to retain the rail in its raised position. a

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 4: name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL T. BOLE.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. ESLING, HARRY F. MCKILLIP. 

